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ArticleDiabetologia2011

Deletion of Ia-2 and/or Ia-2β in mice decreases insulin secretion by reducing the number of dense core vesicles.

T Cai, H Hirai, G Zhang, M Zhang, N Takahashi, H Kasai, L S Satin, R D Leapman, A L Notkins

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Article in Diabetologia, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 47 papers.

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9 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

T CaiExperimental Medicine Section, Oral Infection and Immunity Branch, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA. tcai@mail.nih.gov
H Hirai
G Zhang
M Zhang
N Takahashi
H Kasai
L S Satin
R D Leapman
A L Notkins
National Institutes of Health · USThe University of Tokyo · JPVirginia Commonwealth University · USNational Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering · USNational Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research · US

Funding

Insulin-Dependent Diabetes MellitusZIADE000423 · NIDCR · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DENTAL & CRANIOFACIAL RESEARCH · PI NOTKINS, ABNER L. · 2009 to 2020
$16.9M
METABOLICALLY-COUPLED ION CHANNEL INTERACTIONS IN ISLETSR01DK046409 · NIDDK · VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY · PI SATIN, LESLIE S. · 1994 to 2023
$9.1M
Electron MicroscopyZICEB000080 · NIBIB · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL IMAGING AND BIOENGINEERING · PI ZHANG, GUOFENG · 2011 to 2025
$8.2M
Electron Tomography Of Cellular StructuresZIAEB000017 · NIBIB · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL IMAGING AND BIOENGINEERING · PI LEAPMAN, RICHARD · 2009 to 2016
$838k
Intramural NIH HHS Z99 DE999999Intramural NIH HHS ZIA DE000423NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK046409NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK46409
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

aims/hypothesisIslet antigen 2 (IA-2) and IA-2β are dense core vesicle (DCV) transmembrane proteins and major autoantigens in type 1 diabetes. The present experiments were initiated to test the hypothesis that the knockout of the genes encoding these proteins impairs the secretion of insulin by reducing the number of DCV.

methodsInsulin secretion, content and DCV number were evaluated in islets from single knockout (Ia-2 [also known as Ptprn] KO, Ia-2β [also known as Ptprn2] KO) and double knockout (DKO) mice by a variety of techniques including electron and two-photon microscopy, membrane capacitance, Ca(2+) currents, DCV half-life, lysosome number and size and autophagy.

resultsIslets from single and DKO mice all showed a significant decrease in insulin content, insulin secretion and the number and half-life of DCV (p < 0.05 to 0.001). Exocytosis as evaluated by two-photon microscopy, membrane capacitance and Ca(2+) currents supports these findings. Electron microscopy of islets from KO mice revealed a marked increase (p < 0.05 to 0.001) in the number and size of lysosomes and enzymatic studies showed an increase in cathepsin D activity (p < 0.01). LC3 protein, an indicator of autophagy, also was increased in islets of KO compared with wild-type mice (p < 0.05 to 0.01) suggesting that autophagy might be involved in the deletion of DCV. CONCLUSIONS/

interpretationWe conclude that the decrease in insulin content and secretion, resulting from the deletion of Ia-2 and/or Ia-2β, is due to a decrease in the number of DCV.

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Gene DeletionAnimalsAutophagyCalciumCathepsin DExocytosisFemaleInsulinInsulin SecretionIslets of LangerhansMaleMiceMice, KnockoutMicroscopy, ElectronMicrotubule-Associated ProteinsModels, AnimalCalciumCathepsin DInsulinMap1lc3b protein, mouseMicrotubule-Associated ProteinsPtprn protein, mouseReceptor-Like Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases, Class 8

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PMCPMC3168514
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